William Godwin's Diary

Lee, Harriet

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 18 times, and was a venue (V) 12 times.

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1798

6  March  1798 (V) 8  March  1798 (V) 9  March  1798 (V) 13  March  1798 (V) 28  May  1798 6  June  1798 (V) 8  June  1798 (V) 1  July  1798 (V) 5  July  1798 (V) 7  July  1798 11  July  1798 13  July  1798 (V)

1799

7  January  1799 (V) 10  January  1799 12  January  1799 15  January  1799 (V) 20  January  1799 (V) 1  June  1799

  • Name: Lee, Harriet
  • Gender: Female
  • Death Date: 1851
  • Occupation: school mistress
  • Occupation: novelist
  • Occupation: playwright

Wooed by Godwin in 1798. They meet first in Bath in March 1798 and the Lee sisters visit London in July. Godwin and Harriet Lee's correspondence is preserved in the Abinger Papers. So too is some correspondence with Harriet's sister Sophia.

  • MS. Abinger c. 17, fols. 60-84; 87: [Mar.-June] [1798]
  • MS. Abinger c. 4, fols. 29-32; 35-8; 66-69' 115-16: [June-Aug 1798]
  • MS. Abinger c. 5, fols. 33-36:
  • St Clair, pp. 201-4
  • Marshall, pp. 197-8
  • Locke, pp. 150-2.

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Lee, Anna 2
Smith, Charlotte (née Turner) 2
Lee, Sophia Priscilla 1
Losh, James 1
Fell, Ralph 1
Marshall, James 1
Inchbald, Elizabeth 1